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Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

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JOHN L. HOOD, OF PAWTITCKEfI,-RHODE ISLAND.

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Application filed March 20, 1924. Serial No. 700,512.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. HOOD, a zen of the United States, residingat Paw tucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island,have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in boxes.and the primary object thereof is to provide a box for shipping andother purposes, which is'very strong, having the top,'bottom and sidessecurely affixed to the ends, and which can also be made ofcomparatively light or thin pieces of lumber without sacrificingstrength.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box of this characterwhich can be easily and quickly assembled and in an economical manner. I

The invention has still further and other objects, which will be laterset forth and manifested in the course of the following description. t

In the drawings:

Figure 1, is a perspective of the assembled box ready for shipment.

Figure 2, is a section on nre 1,

Figure 3, is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4, is a fragmentary detail perspective view of the top or bottom.

Figure 5, is a similar view of one of the sides; 7

Figure 6, is a detail perspective view of the metal band;

Figure 7 is an end elevation of the box' illustrating a modified form oftwo-piece metal band.

In proceeding in accordance with the pres ent invention, similar top andbottom members 1 and 2 are employed, the corners of which are providedwith cut-outs'3 so as to cause the ends to be of reduced width. Thesides 4 are fastened as by nails or screws to the bottom 2 and areprovided with grooves 5, which as shown in Figure 5, of the drawings,extend across the end edges thereof.

A metal strap which may be of one-piece, as shown in Figure 6 of thedrawings is then placed in position and has its sides 6 inserted in therespective grooves 5, the bottom 7 engaged with the box bottom 2 and itsends 8 disposed above the upper edges of the sides. The ends 9 withcleats 10 secured citi line 2-2 of Figthereto are then placed inposition, the ends ,9 being engaged by and between the sides 4 andseating on the ends of the bottom The cleats engage the outer edges ofthesides 4 and are nailed or screwedthereto, the

cleats further extending over the sides 6 of I the metal straps,

holding the latter in position.

The bottom 7; of the metal strip, as shown in Figure 2, is nailed to thebox bottom 2. V

In operationthe sides 6 of the met-a-l strip are first successivelydrawn taut and'nailed in position, the nails as shown in Figure 3 beingdriven through. the box [sides 4,

through the strip sides 6 and into the box end 9. nailed 'in' place. Thecover after filling or packing of the box isfplaced in position and theends'8 of the strap drawn tightly thereover and nailed in overlapping'position,'as depicted in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, the nailspassing through the strap ends through the cover and'into the box ends9.

From the foregoing it will be seen that The bottomf7 of the strip isthen the bends or corners of the metal strip or strap are disposed inthe cut-outs 3 and serve to bind the top and bottom against the cleatsof the ends of the box and in addition bind the sides 4 of the boxagainst the ends 9. The sides 6 of the metal strap are housed by theends of the box sides so that only the top and bottom portions of thestrap are exposed. r

' In Figure 7 of the drawings, a modified form of strap is depicted,same being composed oftwo similar U-shaped members 11 and 12 the lowerends 13 of which overlap and are nailed to each other and to the boxbottom, while the upper ends 14 similarly overlap and are nailed to thebox cover 1.

7 Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:'

1. In a box, a bottom and a top each having cut-outs in the cornersthereof, sides secured to the top and bottom and having groovesextending across the 'end edges thereof, ends engaged between the sidesand top and bottom, metal straps having sides arranged in the groovesand top and bottom parts engaged about the box top and bottom anddisposed in the cut-outs and nailed to the sides, top and bottom, andcleats at the box ends engaged with the box top and bottom and extendingover the adjacent parts of the grooves and sides of the straps.

2. In abox, a bottom and a top each having cut-outs in the cornersthereof, sides secured to the top and bottom and having groovesextending across the end edges theoref, ends engaged between the sidesand top and bottom, unitary metal straps having sides arranged in thegrooves and top and bottom parts engaged about the outer face of the boxtop and bottom and disposed in the cut-outs and nailed to the box sides,top and bottom.

3. In a'box, a bottom, a top,'sides having grooves extending across theend edges thereof, ends, metal straps having parts in the grooves andother parts extending across the top and bottom and fastened thereto,and cleats on the ends extending across the adjacent parts of thegrooves and the straps therein and engaged with the top and bottom.

4. In a box, a bottom, a top, sides and ends, the end edges of the siteshaving grooves, a one-piece metal strap extending across the bottom andhaving sides embedded and secured in said groove and having its endparts extending across the top and fastened thereto and in overlappingrelation,

and cleats carried by the ends and extending across the grooves and overthe adjacent parts of the said sides of the strap in the grooves.

5. In a box, a bottom and a top each hav- "ing cut-outs in the cornersthereof, sides secured to the top and bottom and having grooves in theend edges thereof, the said grooves at the companion ends of the sidesfacing in the same direction, ends secured between the sides and top andbottom and onepiece metal straps havingsides arranged in the grooves andhaving bottoms engaging the under face of the box bottom and havingtheir ends secured to'the upper face of the box top in overlappedrelation.

6. in a box, a bottom and a top, sides hav ing grooved end edges,one-piece metal straps engaged over the bottom andhaving sides disposedin the grooves and having their ends secured to the top, and ends havingparts Which extend across the grooves of the sides and across'the'sideser the straps to hold said strap sides in the grooves.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name JOHN L. HOOD.

